Hand bag



June 27; 1933.

w. c. HIERING HAND BAG Filed July 20, 1951 v 2' Sheets-Sheet l INVEITOR.

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June 27, 1933.

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HAND BAG 7 Filed July 20, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNEX Patented June 27, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT 4 OFFICE WILLIAMC. HIERING, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T J. E. MERGOTT COMPANY, OFNEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE HAND BAG Application filedJuly 20, 1931. Serial No. 551,921.

This invention relates to hand bags, and more particularly to hand bagframes and means for attaching covering material to) such frames.

Handbags are extensively manufactured with metal frames to which thecovering material, such as leather or cloth, is attached. In manyinstances the covering material is sewed to the frame, but in order tofacilitate the manufacture and improve the appearance of bags, it isdesirable to attach the covering material to the frame by means otherthan sewing.

It is an object of this invention to provide a handbag having a frame towhich the bag covering material is securely clamped.

A further object is the provision of a channeled hand bag framereceiving and securely holding an insert to which covering material fora handbag is attached by means other than sewing.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, areaccomplished by the simple and practical construction and C5 arrangementof parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a handbag embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. I

Figure 3 is a side view of a frame member employed in the bag.

Figure 4 is a side view of an insert with covering material attachedthereto.

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a section of the framemember.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of an insert used in connection with theframe member.

Figure 7 is a side View of the frame member having positioned therein aninsert to which covering material is attached.

Figure 8 is a perspective showing an insert with material attachedthereto in condition to be positioned in a frame member.

Figure 9 is a perspective view showing the first operation of securingthe insert in the frame member. ,8

Figure 10 is a view showing the insert 63 clamped securely in the framemember.

bag frame is shown to consist of two similar, 6

hingedly connected frame members 1 and 2, each member being made from asuitable blank of material bent to present, in cross section, anoutwardly disposed channel, comprisin a relatively long inner side wall15 85 provi ed with top and bottom flanges 14 and 16 directed outwardlyat right angles thereto, the top flange 14 being relatively narrow, thebottom flange 16 being wider and provided with elongated apertures 18 toenable it to be readily bent upwardly (see Fig. 5) to provide a secondand outer side wall 16', parallel with the inner side wall 15, for apurpose to be presently explained. The bottom flange 16 is cut away atthe corners 17 of the frame member 1 (see Fig. 11).

In the preferred form of my invention, the bag material 20, which may beleather, cloth or the like is laid out in a flat position, and then achannelled insert 19, referably consistin of three pieces, one or thelongitudinal e ge and two for the side edges of the bag material, isslipped on the edges thereof, and thechannelled insert '19 is crimped atspaced points 21 (see Fig. 8) to rigidly hold the bag material 20therein.

Two inserts, such as described, are used, each insert accommodating thematerial for one-half of the bag. The bag material 20 99 is thensuspended over the top edges of the inserts'(see Fig. 6), assuming thenormal suspended position in which it appears in the finished bag.

The insert 19, carrying the bag material 95 20 is placed in the framememberl 1n the position shown in Figs. 8 and 9 and then the wide bottomflange 16 of said frame member is bent, along the apertures 18, upwardlyto form the outer side wall 16' so as 100 to clamp the insert within theframe member, as clearly shown in Figs. 9 and 10.

In Figs. 12 and 13 is shown a form of the invention in which the insertis omitted. Fig. 13 shows a frame member, similar to that shown in Fig.3, with a top flange 30, and a bottom flange 31, said flange 31 beingbent upwardly to present an outer wall 32 parallel to the inner wall 37,the upper free edge 33 of the outer Wall 32 being bent inwardly to gripthe bag material 35. The outer wall 32 also has a plurality of holes 34through which the bag material 35 bulges, thus providing additionalmeans for holding the material in position.

In Fig. 12, the bag material 35 is shown having a sheet of padding 36,interposed therebetween.

From the above description it will be seen that Ihave provided simpleand effective means for securing covering material to a frame member ina neat and pleasing manner.

The foregoing is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only,and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which,obviously, an embodiment may be constructed including modificationswithout departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted inthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hand bag, a frame member comprising an inner side wall providedwith top and bottom flanges projecting outwardly at an angle thereto, inthe same direction the bottom flange being provided with weakeningapertures to enable it to be bent upwardly to present an outer side wallparallel to the inner side wall of the frame member to securely hold thebag covering material in the frame member.

2. In a hand bag, a frame member comprising an inner side wall providedwith top and bottom flanges, a channelled insert carrying bag coveringmaterial, said insert being positioned in the frame member, and means onthe bottom flange of said frame bent upwardly to present an outer sidewall bearing against the insert to hold the same in the frame member.

3. In a hand bag, a pair of hingedly coni nected channelled framemembers, the channels of the frame members opening outwardly andlaterally relative to the bag, said frame members having inner sidewalls abutting each other when the bag is closed, each member having atop flange and a bottom flange, inserts positioned in the members, saidinserts carrying bag covering material, and means on the bottom flangesof said frames bent upwardly to securely hold the inserts in thechannels.

4. In a hand bag, a frame membencomprising an inner side wall providedwith top and bottom flanges projecting outwardly in the same direction,an insert having bag covering material secured thereto, said insertbeing positioned in the frame member, and means on the bottom flange tohold the insert in the frame member.

5. In a hand bag, a frame member comprising an inner side wall providedwith top and bottom flanges projecting outwardly at an angle thereto inthe same direction, and means on the bottom flange bent upwardlyparallel to the inner side wall to securely hold the bag coveringmaterial in the frame member.

This specification signed this 14th day of July, 1931.

WILLIAM C. HIERING.

